Figurative Language
When you compare one thing with something else using "as" or "like"
Simile
What type of conflict will you describe Mrs. Dodds and Percy fight.
Motif
Identify the plot structure in any literary works in order of what happens first to what happens last.
What does it mean for someone to be scrawny?
(of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony.
Which figurative language is used in the Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief when Percy says:
"My knees are jelly"
Metaphor
When Percy was contemplating diving into the Mississippi River, what type of conflict was he going through
Character vs. Self
A lesson or message in the story.
Theme
What is an exposition of the story. What is exposition of Percy Jackson.
It is the beginning part of the story where characters are introduced to the setting and main characters in the story.
Grover, Chiron, Percy- NYC museum
Why did Percy decide to go on the trip to the underworld?
To save his mother and retrieve the lightning bolt.
The talking poodle in chapter 12 is an example of which figurative language
Personification
Give me two example of character vs. character conflict in Percy Jackson
Percy vs. Echidna
Percy vs. Nancy Bobofit
Percy vs. Medusa
Percy vs. Minatour
Grover vs. Nancy Bobofit
Percy vs. Clarisse
Identify one motif in Percy Jackson and why it is a motif
Percy's pen Riptide= shows how Percy transform from a young boy to a hero.
Percy dreams= warns narrator of a looming danger.
Percy keeps battling monster: showcase his rise to heroism and shows us how adversity can build character.
What is the inciting incident in Percy Jackson
Percy getting attacked Ms. Dodds
What does pulverize mean?
reduce to fine particles or to be defeated utterly.
Give me an example of an Alliteration
Sally sells sea shells at the seashore
Mother Madeline made mudpies in May
What is a character vs. society conflict?
A conflict a character has with the society they live in.
Jenny Puchovier was so excited. She had a pack of Starburst in her lunch and she had been looking forward to eating them all morning. Lunch finally came and Jenny sat down to eat her
Starbursts when her friend Yudy sat next to her. "Let me get the pink ones, asked Yudy. Jenny liked the pink ones best, but she thought Yudy was funny and Jenny wanted Yudy to like her, so Jenny gave Yudy all of her pink Starbursts. Before Jenny was done giving Yudy the pink ones, Carrie sat on the
other side of Jenny.
"Let me get the red and the orange ones, Jenny. Remember when I gave you that Snickers?" Jenny didn't remember that, though she did remember when Carrie ate a whole Snickers in front of her, but Jenny thought Carrie was cool, so
she gave her the red and the orange Starbursts. Now that she only had the yellow ones, Jenny
wasn't so excited about eating starbursts anymore.
What is the theme ?
You can't buy friends.
You have to take care of yourself.
Not everybody is your friend.
all the events that happen in a story on the way to the climax. The rising action pushes the plot along, building tension to keep us invested in the story as it moves forward.
What does disgorge mean?
cause to pour out.
Give me an example of onomatopoeia
Boom, barked, Bam, Pshhh, Whack, Toot-toot
A homeless man challenges the practice of police brutality towards the homeless in his community.
What conflict is this
Character vs. Society
What is one theme in the novel and explain with evidence from the text
Team works makes the dream work
Anyone can be a hero
Adversity builds character
Don't judge a book by it cover
Pick your battles.
List three rising actions in Percy Jackson the lightning thief that propels the story forward.
Percy gets attacked by a Minatour
Percy gets trained by Chiron at camp half blood.
Percy is claimed by his father and goes on a quest
Percy is attacked by Medusa
Percy is attacked by Echidna
What were there three things the Oracle say to Percy?
1. Percy has to go west and face a god to find the stolen item.
2. Percy will be betrayed by a friend.
3. Percy will fail to save what matters the most